Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has slammed the Government for granting a tax exemption of about GHC 43 million ( $ 3.9 million) to a company to import construction material for the building of a hotel at a time it was burdening Ghanaian with the electronic transfer levy (e-levy) with the explanation that Government needed …

The Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson, has expressed his satisfaction with returning to Ghana after several years of residing in Canada to serve his constituents. James Gyakye Quayson, who was the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Assin North by-election, emerged victorious after the polls. At the end of the by-election on June …

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has suggested that the Akufo-Addo government should scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) if it is not generating enough revenue as expected. He described the E-Levy as a “nuisance tax” and said that it should be scrapped if it is not meeting its revenue targets.  Dr Duffuor said, “We need to ask ourselves, are …